Georgia Division Camp of the Year 2009, 2008, 2001 & scrapbook for 2009

Honor your ancestor, learn true Southern history

About Us

The Roswell Mills Camp #1547 is a part of the Army of Tennessee, Georgia Division, 12th Brigade of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. We are committed to serve as a historical, patriotic, and non-political organization dedicated to ensuring that a true history of the 1861-1865 War Between the Sates period is preserved.

We meet monthly to fellowship and to expand our knowledge and understanding of our ancestors, their lives and the events surrounding the War Between the states. Our activities include lectures led by authors and historians, field trips to local War Between the States sites and museums and participation in events such as parades and celebrations.

1st Thursday of each month

Harp Irish Pub

Dinner/fellowship 6:00 PM

Program/meeting 7:00 PM

Community Involvement

Each year we are proud to present the H L Hunley Award with a cash award to JROTC students selected by their leaders at local high schools to recognize their outstanding achievements and development.

Honor and Remembrance

We place flags on Confederate graves in the Roswell area during Confederate Heritage month, contribute to Wreaths Across America and install markers and monuments to our Confederate Ancestors.

About Us

The following is the charge given to the Sons of Confederate Veterans. It is our reason for existing as a body.

To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we will commit the vindication of the Cause for which we fought. To your strength will be given the defense of the Confederate soldier’s good name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles which he loved and which you love also, and those ideals which made him glorious and which you also cherish. Remember, it is your duty to see that the true history of the South is presented to future generations.

Membership in the Sons of Confederate Veterans is open to all male descendants of any veteran who served honorably in the Confederate armed forces or government. Membership can be obtained through either linealor collateral family lines and kinship to a veteran must bedocumented genealogically. The minimum age for full membership is 12, but there is no minimum for Cadet membership.To apply to join the Sons of Confederate Veterans, download the application and mail it to our camp.

The citizen-soldiers who fought for the Confederacy personified the best qualities of America. The preservation of liberty and freedom was the motivating factor in the South's decision to fight the Second American Revolution. The tenacity with which Confederate soldiers fought underscored their belief in the rights guaranteed by the Constitution. These attributes are the underpinning of our democratic society and represent the foundation on which this nation was built.

Today, the Sons of Confederate Veterans is preserving the history and legacy of these heroes, so future generations can understand the motives that animated the Southern Cause.

The SCV works in conjunction with other historical groups to preserve Confederate history. However, it is not affiliated with any organization other than the Military Order of the Stars and Bars, composed of male descendants of the Southern officer corps. The SCV rejects any group whose actions tarnish or distort the image of the Confederate soldier or his reasons for fighting.